Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker searched for a home, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and André Brink she found much love, but no home. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.
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Black Butterflies was released in 2011 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 16 reviews, giving Black Butterflies (2011) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 60% and users giving an average score of 62%.
With a score of 63%, Black Butterflies is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2011, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2011 with similar scores include films like A Dangerous Method, The Conspirator and Kill List.
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